BOOK NOTES

J. Griffith (Ed.). 1968 Australian and New Zealand Hospitals and Health Services Yearbook. School of Hospital Administration, University of New South Wales, and Hospital Administration Journal, Sydney, 1968 W. J. Penfold (Ed.). The Role of the Hospital Board. School of Hospital Administration, University of New South Wales R. L. Wettenhall . A Guide to Tasmanian Government Administration (Foreword by the Hon. Eric Reece, M.H.A., Premier of Tasmania) N.S.W. Parliamentary Library. The Eastern Suburbs Railway: Events from 1946 to 1965. Sydney Thomas Lee Roberts . Judicial Organization and Institutions of Contemporary West Africa: a Profile. New York, 1966, Institute of Public Administration The Records of the Cabinet Office to 1922. Public Records Office Handbook No. 11, London, H.M.S.O., 1966     

BOOK NOTES

Book reviewed in this article: official Year Book of the Commonwealth of Australia, No. Business and Procedures of the House of Representatives. H. J. Hofstra . New Techniques of Budget Preparation and Management. C. E. Hawley and R. G. Weintraub (eds). Administrative Questions and Political Answers. R. A. Irish . A Businessman's Views of the Administration H. G. Gelber . Australia, Britain and the E.E.C., 1961 to 1963. M. W. Raffel . Planning by the North Canterbury Hospital Board. J. William Fulbright . Prospects for the West. E. M. Kassalow . National Labor Movements in the Postwar World. Bruce H. Millen . The Political Role of Labor in Developing Countries. J. Edward Gerald . The Social Responsibility of the Press. Sanford A. Lakoff . Equality in Political Philosophy. hilip Mullenbach . Civilian Nuclear Power. H. V. Livermore . A New History of Portugal. Nikola Balog . Administrative Management of Public Enterprises. Mumtaz Soysal . Public Relations in Administration: II. The Influence of the Public on the Operation of Public Administration, Excluding Electoral Rights.     

French administration: Sanctified or demystified?∗

Birnbaum, Pierre. Les sommets de l"Etat.,Paris: Editions du Seuil, 1977, pp. 186.

Chevallier, Jacques. ‘L'intérêt général dans l'Administration française’, Revue Internationale des Sciences administratives, 41 (4), 1975, pp. 325–350.

‘La participation dans l'administration française: discours et pratique’, Bulletin de l'Institut international d'Administration publique, I. janvier‐mars, 1976, pp. 85–119; II. juillet‐septembre, 1976, pp. 85–142.

Grémion, Pierre. Le Pouvoir Périphérique. Paris: Edition du Seuil, 1976, pp. 478.

Machin, Howard. The Prefect in French Public Administration. London: Croom Helm, 1977, pp. 210.

Poulantzas, Nicos (éd.) La Crise de l'Etat. Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, 1976, pp. 348.

Vallet, Odon. L'E.N.A. toute nue. Paris: Editions du Moniteur, 1977, pp. 133.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: C. D. Rowley . Aboriginal Policy and Practice—Volume I, The Destruction of Aboriginal Society R. H. Boxer . Experts in Asia—An Inquiry into Australian Technical Assistance August B. Turnbull . Government Budgeting and P.P.B.S.: A Programmed Introduction D. J. Murray . The Work of Administration in Nigeria     

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Book reviewed in this article: Ferrel Heady . Public Administration: A Comparative Perspective. John J, Corson and R. Shale Paul . Men Near the Top. P. Loveday and A. W. Martin , Parliament, Factions and Parties: The First Thirty Years of Responsible Government in New South Wales J. A. La Nauze . Alfred Deakin. Ian G. Sharp and Colin M. Tatz (eds). Aborigines in the Economy. J. P. Sinclair . Behind the Ranges. R. L. Cope (ed.). Library Services to the Legislature: A Symposium. Deborah Paige and Kit Jones . Health and Welfare Services in Britain in 1975. Keith Mc Ewan . Once a Jolly Comrade.     

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Book reviewed in this article: Robert Presthus . Behavioral Approaches to Public Administration. A. F. Davies . Private Politics: A Study of Five Political Outlooks. Gordon Reid . The Politics of Financial Control: The Role of the House of Commons. David Coombes . The Member of Parliament and the Administration: The Case of the Select Committee on Nationalised Industries. R. N. Aggarwala . Finance Committees of the Indian Parliament. C. D. Rowley . The New Guinea Villager. J. P. Mackintosh and others. Nigerian Government and Politics.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: Sir Alan Burns (ed). Parliament as an Export. Nevil Johnson , Parliament and Administration. The Estimates Committee 1945–65. Edward C. Dreyer and Walter A. Rosenbaum . Public Opinion and Electoral Behavior: Essays and Studies. Bernard Rubin . Political Television. E. E. Reynolds and N. H. Brasher . Britain in the Twentieth Century. Nicholas Richardson . The French Prefectoral Corps     

BOOK NOTES

J. H. Portus . Australian Compulsory Arbitration 1900–1970. (W. E. A. Monograph No. l), Hicks Smith, Sydney, 1971. Ruth J. Inall . State Health Services in Victoria. Occasional Monograph No. 4, Department of Government and Public Administration, University of Sydney, 1971.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: James A. Maxwell . Commonwealth-State Financial Relations in Australia. A. C. Palfreeman . The Administration of the White Australia Policy. Melbourne University Zelman Cowen . Isaac Isaacs. M. Beever and F. B. Smith (Compilers). Historical Studies: Selected Articles (Second Series) Mohammad Ayub Khan . Friends Not Masters. E. N. Gladden . Civil Services of the United Kingdom, 1853–1970. Frank Cass & Co. Ltd, London, 1967 Her Majesty's Government. Exeter, Wheaton, 1967 Local Government in Britain. Exeter, Wheaton, 1967 The Courts of Justice. Exeter, Wheaton, 1967.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: Barry Hughes , Exit Full Employment: Economic Policy in the Stone Age. Peter Sheehan , Crisis in Abundance. Royal Institute of Public Administration, Policy and Practice: The Experience of Government. Clifford Pearce , The Machinery of Change in Local Government 1888–1974. P. B. Beaumont , Government as Employer—Setting an Example?. A.F. Davies , skills, Outlooks and Passions: A Psychoanalytic Contribution to the Study of Politics. Andrew Parkin and Allan Patience (eds). John Power , Helen Nelson (eds), The Regional Administrator in the Riverina, Roger Scott , Northern Ireland, The Politics of Violence. John Dixon , Australia's Policy Towards the Aged.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: Patrick Weller and Michelle Grattan , Can Ministers Cope? Australian Federal Ministers at Work, Richmond, Hutchinson of Australia, 1981. Sol Encel , Peter Wilenski and Bernard Schaffer (eds), Decisions: Case Studies in Australian Public Policy V. Seymour Wilson , Canadian Public Policy and Administration — Theory and Environment Peter Sheldrake and Russell Linke (eds), Accountability in Higher Education C. A. Tisdell , Science and Technology Policy: Priorities of Governments Richard Pryke , The Nationalised Industries: Policies and Performance since 1968     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: John W. Cell . British Colonial Administration in the Mid-nineteenth Century: the Poky Making Process. W. J. Byrt , People and Organisations. M. Burnet . Walter and Eliza Hall Institute J. M. Powell . The Public Lands of Australia Felix; settlement and land appraisal in Victoria, 1834–91, with special reference to the Western Plains Cabot L. Jaffee and Lawrence B. Carney . Problems in Public Utility Management: An In-Basket Training Exercise. Lloyd G. Reynolds . Western Economics in Non-Western Economies. J. A. Bristow and C. F. Fell . Bord Na Mona: A Cost-Benefit Study.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: John D. Montgomery , and William J. Sippin (eds.). Approaches to Development: Politics, Administration and Change. Sanford A. Lakoff (ed.). Knowledge and Power: Essays on Science and Government. James Jupp . Arrivals and Departures. J. E. Isaac arid G. W. Ford (eds.). Australian Labour Relations: Readings and Australian Labour Economics: Readings. E. L. French (ed.). Melbourne Studies in Education, 1965. N.S.W. Parliamentary Library. Payment of Members in New South Wales, Pros and Cons from 1912.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: L. F. Crisp . Australian National Government. Longmans, 1965. T. H. Kewley . Social Security in Australia: The development of Social Security and Health Benefits from 1900 to the present.* Leonard Tierney . Children Who Need Help: A study of child welfare policy and administration in Victoria. Desmond Farley . Social Insurance and Social Assistance in Ireland. Institute of Public Administration, Dublin, 1964. Raymond E. Callahan . Education and the Cult of Efficiency: A Study of the social forces that have shaped the administration of the public schools. H. E. Maiden . The History of Local Government in New South Wales. Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1966. Katharine West . Power in the Liberal Party. F. W. Cheshire, Melbourne, 1965. Pp. 289. B. Yuill . An Outline of Organizational Principles for Management.     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed in this article: Owen Hughes, Public Management and Administration: An Introduction Byong‐man Ahn, John Halligan and Stephen Wilks (eds.), Reforming Public and Corporate Governance: Management and the Market in Australia, Britain and Korea Fred Argy, Where to From Here? Australian Egalitarianism Under Threat Richard Woolcott,The Hot Seat: Reflections on Diplomacy from Stalin's Death to the Bali Bombings Bent Flyvbjerg, Rationality and Power Bent Flyvbjerg, Making Social Science Matter Denis Murphy, Roger Joyce, Margaret Cribb and Rae Wear (eds.), The Premiers of Queensland Ciaran O'Faircheallaigh, A New Approach to Policy Evaluation: Mining and Indigenous People Michael Pusey, The Experience of Middle Australia. The Dark Side of Economic Reform     

BOOK NOTES

Book reviewed in this article: Loren P. Beth . The Development of Judicial Review in Ireland, 1937–1966. “Tasks and Priorities in Administrative Reforms”. The Indian Journal of Public Administration Ralph Braibanti , Research on the Bureaucracy of Pakistan International Institute of Administrative Sciences, Education for Development Administration. Royal Institute of Public Administration, Training in Local Authorities.     

Thinking about community: Ten theses

His books include TVA and the Grass Roots, The Organizational Weapon, Leadership in Administration, Law, Society, and Industrial Justice,and, most recently, The Moral Commonwealth: Social Theory and the Promise of Community.     

Book Reviews

Change and Decay? Public Administration in the 1990s. By HOWARD ELCOCK. Improving Public Management (enlarge edition). By LES METCALFE and SUE RICHARDS. Political Loyalty and the Public Service in West Germany: The 1972 Decree Against Radicals and its Consequences. By GERHARD BRAUNTHAL. Extraordinary Measures: The Exercise of Prerogative Powers in the United States. By DANIEL P. FRANKLIN. The Politics of National Security: Congress and US Defense Policy. By BARRY M. BLECHMAN. The Vertical Solitude: Managing in the Public Sector. By DAVID ZUSSMAN and JAK JABES. Leadership for the Twenty-First Century. By JOSEPH C. ROST. Interest Groups. By GRAHAM K. WILSON. Knowledge As Power: Political and Legal Control of Information. By DAVID SADOFSKY. Monetary Policy, Taxation, and International Investment Strategy. Edited by VICTOR A. CANTO and ARTHUR B. LAFFER.     

Rational decremental budgeting: Elements of an expenditure policy for the 1980s

The dominant pattern of decision-making on public expenditures has been characterized as incremental budgeting. Wide-spread dissatisfaction with this approach has led to the emergence and testing of various techniques purporting to deal with expenditure decisions in a more rational, analytic and comprehensive fashion. Yet our experience with this brand of synoptic rationalism is at best mixed; few innovations in the field of budgeting have lived up to the expectations surrounding their introduction. A synthesis of the two models outlined in this paper is called rational decrementalism: an expenditure policy for an era of retarded growth or economic stagnation.This is a revised version of a paper presented at the Conference of the Scandinavian Association for Public Administration in Vedbaek, Denmark, May 13, 1980.     

Past and Future Budget Classics: A Research Agenda

This article summarizes the content of four classic articles on budgeting that have appeared in Public Administration Review, outlines some of the major changes in budgeting that have occurred since those authors wrote, and, based on those changes, offers a research agenda for the next set of budget classics.